Hamster Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) I've been looking for a black Stingray for a while, and whilst waiting I put in a lowish bid on a 1997 teal SR4 on evilbay, not expecting to win it - but I did [attachment=13268:c988_1.JPG] [attachment=13269:0058_1.JPG] [attachment=13270:d790_1.JPG] [attachment=13271:e4c4_1.JPG] [attachment=13272:f298_1.JPG] Not my first body/neck finish choice, but a reasonable score at £488 Was it anyone on here selling? Hamster Edited September 13, 2008 by Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRISDABASS Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 if you ask me thats a great deal!!!! well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 That's gorgeous Colin- my favourite finish on a Stingray. Good effort and great price!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='282738' date='Sep 12 2008, 04:05 PM']That's gorgeous Colin- my favourite finish on a Stingray. Good effort and great price!![/quote] Thanks Nick I haven't collected it yet but the teal's growing on me. Hard to tell but the wood grain looks reasonable. Maybe the black scratchplate makes the body a bit dark? Maybe a maple neck? I was after a black Stingray to gig with as I have a black Sub4 which would become my back up - probably just OCD or advanced analism on my part! I can feel a "which scratchplate" thread coming on and maybe a "wanted - SR4 maple neck" in the wanted forum :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Wow, that was a mega-bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Good buy there Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 GIT!!! THAT WAS YOU? GRRRRRRRRRR Agh, i was really thinking about bidding on that one last night, but i didn't have the money. that's just ridiculous Grats though mate. Also i got an email from reverb, they're selling NEW rays for £750 in a sale... that aint gonna be good for people with theirs on ebay, as you can see. I think the time to buy is now. Which is a shame because i dont have any money and i'm having to sell my G&L (i know i only just got it) to buy a new pc Agh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Ok I just edited 3 posts to remove the unnecessary quoting of the original post and all of the pics ! I'm probably being grumpy though . Amazing amazing score on the Stingray, under £500 is shocking. I thought I valued mine low at £650 but this is bad news for anyone selling, great for buying ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 It's crazy. I sold mine for £650 and I thought that was cheap. They're unquestionably superb basses, I just don't get why they're out of favour right now, and Warwicks too, it's mad. Personally, if I was selling one now, I'd refuse to let it go for less than £600 minimum, I'd just hang on to it. Depends how desparate folks sre for the cash I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Certainly a strange phenomenon... Good score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markytbass Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I sold mine for £750 and to be honest I was suprised. There were others advertised and on ebay for less. Maybe it was the colour (vintage SB) I don't know but at least it covered the price of my Warwick. Looks like you got a nice bass for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) I reckon the prices have dropped about £100 in the last couple of months for SR4/Sterling 4H's. I deffo think they are undervalued at the mo, but then again MIA Jazzes and P's are also down (Std S1 P's in good nick seem to be down around 4-450 against 500 this time last year). One thing to consider tho is out of the 4000 or so memebrs on BC, maybe only 2/3 of those are active and only half of those on the GAS trail so the money pool is small compared with the bay. So if you can be arsed and have the time then maybe the bay it is and get the favourable response MarkyTB had. I sold my 2004 St4 a few months back for £650 and the best offer I had on my 2005 SR4 recently was £550. At that point I guess you have to be pretty GAS'ed up to sell. Fortunately I wasn't ^_^ All that said tho, that was a pretty good score H. Edited September 12, 2008 by martthebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 But where have all the Subs gone? The few shop BIN's that appear are priced loopy high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 While we're on the subject, could someone in the know let me know what a reasonable price for a s/h 2006 HH 'Ray 5 string would be in the current climate? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 could be anything between £600 and £900 mate, its a funny old market these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 £488!!! BARGIN! I remember about 2 years ago wanting a ray. And prices being 850-950 2nd hand. Bagged one as cheep as I could possibly get one and I think it was £650, which at the time was a massive bargin. (cheers chrisdabass) but a 'ray going for under 500??? thats stupid. I blame most of the current bands, looks like they are all playing P basses at the mo, and there is a massive want/need for them. Also blame the ressession too. Definatly a buyers market. I might have to buy a few and wait a few years 'rays are my favorite bass. better then anything fender has on the shelf, plus the build quality is 2nd to none. The amount of fenders ive picked up in shops which have had problems with stright out of the box. its untrue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 [quote name='Jobiebass' post='284858' date='Sep 16 2008, 11:19 AM']I blame most of the current bands, looks like they are all playing P basses at the mo, and there is a massive want/need for them.[/quote] +1. I think fashion plays a large part. They're currently out of fashion - it's a good time to buy. Anyone got a 30th anniversary they want to sell to me for £488? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Looks like I'll be keeping my Copperhead for a while now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 [quote name='Waldo' post='284863' date='Sep 16 2008, 11:24 AM']Looks like I'll be keeping my Copperhead for a while now...[/quote] If only I had the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 [quote name='Jobiebass' post='284870' date='Sep 16 2008, 11:34 AM']If only I had the money.[/quote] I have no choice but to keep it now, especially since Reverb have come along and just wiped out half of the value of it. To think I'd have sold this in a heartbeat not so long ago, especially with the model I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyC Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) Looks like teal isn't the most desirable colour... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Sterling-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ280265831901QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280265831901&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A2|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Sterling-Ba...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Edit: Maybe due to low feedback? Edited September 16, 2008 by TimmyC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_u_y_* Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 [quote name='Rayman' post='282818' date='Sep 12 2008, 06:08 PM']It's crazy. I sold mine for £650 and I thought that was cheap. They're unquestionably superb basses, I just don't get why they're out of favour right now, and Warwicks too, it's mad. Personally, if I was selling one now, I'd refuse to let it go for less than £600 minimum, I'd just hang on to it. Depends how desparate folks sre for the cash I guess.[/quote] It is crazy! I don't think that Stingrays and Warwicks are becoming out of favour per say. They are still selling. I think that people are just expecting to pay less for them, especially with the descreasing disposable income people are seeming to have these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) One of the first MM I fell in love with was the 20th Ann edition. Maple with tort guard. They come up occasionally (I think there is one at eBay at the moment...) but I've never been in the right mood to pull the trigger... normally because I am looking at other tasty basses at the same time... plus it's going to take some bass to turn me off my GBs. Anyway, yeah, the low prices are tempting... especially if I can find a graphite neck to put on one of them! Edited September 16, 2008 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennysFord Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I luck'd out with my Sterling HS then.I got of the bay.com in December last year for £550 and my sisiter brought over from San-Diego at xmas as her own bass(no import duty) when she came to visit. With the way prices are going i guess i was double lucky really.It's scary out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 [quote name='TimmyC' post='284882' date='Sep 16 2008, 11:42 AM']Looks like teal isn't the most desirable colour... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Sterling-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ280265831901QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280265831901&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A2|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Sterling-Ba...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Edit: Maybe due to low feedback?[/quote] I v e r y nearly put in a bid on that one too! Got to buy a new laptop though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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